Industry Analysis & Industry Trends

Difficult trading conditions and a structural shift in New Zealand towards renewable energy sources have negatively affected the Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation industry over the past five years. These factors are expected to contribute to industry revenue declining by an annualised 19.7% over the five years through 2017-18, to $303.4 million. This includes a 5.9% decline in 2017-18. Coming off of a high base year in 2012-13, wholesale electricity spot market prices are expected to decline significantly over the five years through 2017-18. This is also likely to negatively affect industry profitability, which is expected to decline significantly over the period...

Industry Report - Industry Products Chapter

The industry generates electricity from fossil fuel energy sources, primarily natural gas and coal. Some players also use a combination of coal and gas at the same power plant. Each segment is calculated based on its contribution to electricity capacity, which is based on gigawatt hours. Oil-fired electricity generation only contributes to a small proportion of industry capacity.

Gas-fired electricity generation

Gas-fired electricity generation is expected to contribute to 84.8% of electricity capacity in 2017-18. Gas-fired plants provide an efficient and fast source of peaking power, since many gas turbines can be switched on or off in a short period of time. Thi..

IBISWorld identifies 250 Key Success Factors for a business.The most important for the Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation Industry are

Ability to expand and curtail operations rapidly in line with market demand

Upstream vertical integration (ownership links)

Ability to accommodate environmental requirements

IBISWorld analysts also discuss how external factors such as Electricity wholesale price and Demand from geothermal, wind and other electricity generation in the Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation industry impact industry performance..

Includes the necessary information to perform SWOT, PEST and STEER analysis.

Helps you understand market dynamics to give you a deeper understanding of industry competition and the supply chain.

Analyses key performance and operational metrics so that you can benchmark against your own business, that of your customers’ businesses, or your competitors’ businesses.

The Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation in New Zealand market research report includes:

Historical data and analysis for the key drivers of this industry

A five-year forecast of the market and noted trends

Detailed research and segmentation for the main products and markets

An assessment of the competitive landscape and market shares for major companies

And of course, much more

IBISWorld reports on thousands of industries around the world. Our clients rely on our information and data to stay up-to-date on industry trends across all industries. With this IBISWorld Industry Research Report on Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation in New Zealand, you can expect thoroughly researched, reliable and current information that will help you to make faster, better business decisions.